[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"chart:stormy-weather":3},"title: Stormy Weather\ncomposer: Harold Arlen\nstyle: Medium ballad\nkey: G\nform: AABA, 36 bars\nrecording: Ella Fitzgerald; Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book; Verve; 1961\n# analysis: 2026-10-19, rules v2; G\n# recording: recorded 1960-08-01 to 1961-01-14 in Hollywood, arranged and conducted by Billy May; chart follows no named version; songbook standard: the Ethel Waters (Brunswick, 1933) and Lena Horne (1943 film) versions are the pop originals, so Ella's Arlen Song Book reading is taken as the canonical jazz version; Verve MG V-4046-2; sources: Wikipedia (Stormy Weather, the Song Book album)\n\n# book letters: A (bars 1–18 = A 8 + A 10), B (8), C (10)\n# pickup: (D7)\n# bar | chord\n\nsection: A\n1  | GMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n1  | G#dim7  # vii°7 of Am7: E7♭9 without its root\n2  | Am7     # ii of the ii–V to G\n2  | D7      # V7 of G: natural tensions\n3  | GMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3  | G#dim7  # vii°7 of Am7: E7♭9 without its root\n4  | Am7     # ii of the ii–V to G\n4  | D7      # V7 of G: natural tensions\n5  | G6      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n5  | G#dim7  # vii°7 of Am7: E7♭9 without its root\n6  | Am7     # ii of the ii–V to G\n6  | D7#5    # V7 of G: #11 and b13 from the symbol\n7  | G6      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n7  | E7#9    # V7\u002Fii in G: the b13 is in the key, b9, #9 and #11 from the symbol\n8  | Am7     # ii of the ii–V to G\n8  | D7      # V7 of G: natural tensions\n9  | GMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n9  | G#dim7  # vii°7 of Am7: E7♭9 without its root\n10 | Am7     # ii of the ii–V to G\n10 | D7      # V7 of G: natural tensions\n11 | GMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n11 | G#dim7  # vii°7 of Am7: E7♭9 without its root\n12 | Am7     # ii of the ii–V to G\n12 | D7      # V7 of G: natural tensions\n13 | G6      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n13 | G#dim7  # vii°7 of Am7: E7♭9 without its root\n14 | Am7     # ii of the ii–V to G\n14 | D7#5    # V7 of G: #11 and b13 from the symbol\n15 | G6      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n15 | C9      # tritone substitute: resolves down a half step to Bm7\n16 | Bm7     # iii: Phrygian, the key's own notes (the ♭2 is a passing note)\n16 | G#dim7  # vii°7 of Am7: E7♭9 without its root\n17 | Am7     # ii of the ii–V to G\n17 | D7#5    # V7 of G: #11 and b13 from the symbol\n18 | G6      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n18 | G7      # V7\u002FIV in G: natural tensions\n\nsection: B\n1  | C6      # the G7 before it makes C the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n1  | C#dim7  # ♯IV°7 to I over its 5th: F#7♭9 without its root, the ♯II°7's notes\n2  | G6\u002FD    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n2  | G7      # V7\u002FIV in G: natural tensions\n3  | C6      # the G7 before it makes C the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n3  | C#dim7  # ♯IV°7 to I over its 5th: F#7♭9 without its root, the ♯II°7's notes\n4  | G6\u002FD    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n4  | G7      # V7\u002FIV in G: natural tensions\n5  | C6      # the G7 before it makes C the key of the moment: the 4th is in the key\n5  | C#dim7  # ♯IV°7 to I over its 5th: F#7♭9 without its root, the ♯II°7's notes\n6  | G6\u002FD    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n6  | E7      # VI7 in G, not resolving: the b13 is in the key\n7  | G6\u002FD    # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n7  | D#dim7  # vii°7 of Em7: B7♭9 without its root\n7  | Em7     # ii of A7: Dorian\n8  | A7      # V7 of V7: the dominant of the dominant: natural tensions\n8  | D7      # V7 of G: natural tensions\n\nsection: C\nbars: 10\n1  | GMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n1  | G#dim7  # vii°7 of Am7: E7♭9 without its root\n2  | Am7     # ii of the ii–V to G\n2  | D7      # V7 of G: natural tensions\n3  | GMaj7   # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n3  | G#dim7  # vii°7 of Am7: E7♭9 without its root\n4  | Am7     # ii of the ii–V to G\n4  | D7      # V7 of G: natural tensions\n5  | G6      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n5  | G#dim7  # vii°7 of Am7: E7♭9 without its root\n6  | Am7     # ii of the ii–V to G\n6  | D7#5    # V7 of G: #11 and b13 from the symbol\n7  | G6      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n7  | E7#9    # V7\u002Fii in G: the b13 is in the key, b9, #9 and #11 from the symbol\n8  | Am7     # ii of the ii–V to G\n8  | D7#5    # V7 of G: #11 and b13 from the symbol\n9  | G6      # tonic: the 4th is in the key\n# alt: bars 9–10 (E7#9 | Am7 D7)\n",1793484803616]